Chapter 36

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

BOOM~~~!

An arc of blue sword energy shot forward like a goshawk spreading its wings, pulling everything along the way in its violent gales. Before the skeleton soldiers could raise their long swords, a green eagle flew above their heads, dragging the skeleton soldiers in its subsequent gales and turbulence. It dragged these skeletons along like driftwood and flung them to the nearby stalactite wall as it flew back, smashing the skeletons into pieces.

“Let’s go!”

“Yes…”

Gazing at the high-spirited Shidon before him, Fang Zheng heaved a helpless sigh before following him into the depths of the tunnel. To be honest, he still admired Shidon’s swordsmanship very much; this great knight was indeed strong, especially his AOE techniques, they were even more fascinating. Even though Fang Zheng also had the Royal Crusader Sword Art from Arthas and its might wasn’t any worse than Shidon’s Storm Sword, he always felt that it was a bit incompatible. He didn’t know why but this feeling only grew stronger after having gone through the training in the free instance of Dark Souls.

At first, Fang Zheng believed that his feelings for this sword technique were caused by his unfamiliarity with the sword itself, but after having undergone the cruel training of Dark Souls where he hovered between life and death, Fang Zheng discovered that not only did this feeling not weaken, but it had grown stronger.

Especially after watching Shidon’s battle; the Storm Sword in his hands was as natural and smooth as the clouds in the sky or flowing water. It was simply like a dance, very pleasing to watch. But Fang Zheng always felt a bit uncomfortable when casting the Royal Crusader Sword Art. He couldn’t tell where it was wrong but it was jarring. This feeling was even more obvious, especially in this contrast. If Shidon’s swordsmanship looked like well-lubricated gears running constantly, Fang Zheng’s swordsmanship was a bit like non-lubricated gears… Of course, they could be turned but how well they turned was another matter.

I guess I have to have a good talk with Shidon after this battle. 

Fang Zheng also knew that this wasn’t the time to talk. So, he didn’t say anything, he just tightly followed after Shidon. Miss M did not come down with them. In both Shidon and Fang Zheng’s opinion, it would be safer if she stayed up. At the same time, someone had to take care of Connie. Fang Zheng didn’t have any good feelings toward that crazy girl. Therefore, he handed her directly over to Miss M. 

Now, it was Shidon who was giving Fang Zheng a bigger headache. This Great Knight’s skills were as simple and crude as Fang Zheng had thought. He just rushed in and cut everything that moved, leaving Fang Zheng with no time to do anything. Shidon basically smashed the skeletons that had been pulled in by the oncoming winds. 

Fang Zheng could only shrug his shoulders in response to this; he didn’t say anything. As the denizen of two worlds, Fang zheng wasn’t stupid; of course, he noticed that Shidon was taking advantage of this chance to vent his anger. Obviously, he was clear that Marth and the others weren’t coming back either. Fang Zheng had no idea as to how well Shidon and Marth were acquainted but it was apparent that their relationship was pretty good. Otherwise, Shidon would not have come to find them. And now, Shidon was feeling pretty unhappy watching his colleagues walking towards their own certain deaths. 

However, as a mature Great Knight, Shidon certainly wouldn’t be like a fledgling who would say ‘if everybody is going to die, let’s die together’. He could only use this way to vent his displeasure and frustration.

And exactly because of this, Fang Zheng wisely did not choose to raise this sword skill with Shidon at this time. Supposedly, even if Shidon’s temper was good, he would not be in the mood to resolve his doubts. More importantly, Fang Zheng had long understood this great knight’s temper wasn’t that great after having been with Shidon for so long.

The resistance offered by the undead was pointless in front of Shidon. Before those hurriedly running over undead soldiers could show their strength, Shidon smashed them. Owing to which, they no longer appeared after the same thing happened thrice. God knows if they were terrified by Shidon or the lich wasn’t in the mood to worry above these uninvited guests.

And it wasn’t great news if it was the latter.

Shidon and Fang Zheng quickened their steps. Although the quarry had been abandoned, the tunnel looked fairly solid, fortunately. Therefore, they didn’t have to worry about these tunnels suddenly collapsing on them. But as they went deeper and deeper, their faces became darker and somber. And it wasn’t because the deeper they went, the smell of death became thicker. No, it was because the lich still hadn’t made a move yet. 

Obviously, this plan didn’t seem to be going so well.

“Over there!”

The two immediately noticed a large cave not too far away when the two turned along a bend in the tunnel. Shidon’s face turned ashen the moment he saw the scene inside. Even Fang Zheng furrowed his brow at this moment.

More than a dozen corpses were lying in the middle of the big cave. All of them were wearing knights templar armor but they looked very unsightly; it was unbearable to look at them. Their muscles seemed to have been completely melted, leaving only the skin wrapping the bones. It was quite a terrifying sight. And the slowly flowing blood under them was so clear, and even somewhat dazzling.

Fang Zheng didn’t know what they had experienced but judging by the expression on their faces, it was quite apparent that whatever thing led to their death, it was quite a painful experience.

“You f***ing bastard!!”

Shidon roared in anger, looking at the lich floating at the center of the cave. Then, he raised his giant sword and slashed it forward hard. A goshawk immediately reappeared following Shidon’s movements, but this goshawk was twice as big as before. With an ear-piercing cry, the huge goshawk congealed from the airflow, fanned its wings, and shot straight at the lich in the air, leaving afterimages. In response to Shidon’s all-out attack, the figure floating in the air just leaned its head over and raised the wand in its hand that looked like a dry branch before lightly pointing it in Shidon and Fang Zheng’s direction.

In the next moment, Fang Zheng saw a black beam of light shooting out of the staff and striking the storm goshawk. Then, an unimaginable thing happened. The goshawk that was congealed completely from the wind element seemed to be struggling and screaming like a living creature; it flapped its wings powerlessly, and then, it actually fell to the ground, returning silently to the dust. But Shidon’s own situation wasn’t that good. When the beam hit the goshawk, the expression on his face suddenly changed. At that moment, he felt a big cold hand reaching into his body, grabbing his heart.

But fortunately, his robust physique resisted the blow. Otherwise, it would not have just been his goshawk that would have fallen. Be that as it may, Shidon’s expression changed several times. He gritted his teeth and resisted the power of death seeping deep into his body.

But as far as Shidon was concerned, there was one more thing that terrified him more than this. The other party could catch his Sword of Storm and kill it directly in only one case, and that was when the opposite party’s power level was much higher than Shidon’s. Therefore, in a power confrontation between two sides, the party with a higher level of power would show an overwhelming advantage and thereby, would be able to display the law of power he had mastered. But much to Shidon’s dismay, the lich could kill his power of swordsmanship. Only one person had reached this kind of power in Shidon’s memory!

“This is the power of the death domain… Are you Duke of Bones from the Council of Death, Frank? How can you be here?”

F**k me! 

Fang Zheng was shocked by Shidon’s question. While he was with Shidon in the church, he wasn’t just training his swordsmanship. Naturally, he also had some understanding of the enemies of the church. The church had three enemies at present. One of them was the Doomsday Cult, to which Fang Zheng’s original body belonged to. The remaining two were the Council of Death and Twilight Legion. The Twilight Legion was located at the border of civilization. Their goal was to smash everything pertaining to order and civilization. And the Council of Death’s pursuit was even higher and loftier. They believed that the meaning of every living thing in this world was death. Therefore, death was the eternal motif in this world; and both chaos and order would return to the silence of death.

Frankly speaking, if the Twilight Legion and the Doomsday Cult joined forces for a common enemy, then the Council of Death was almost the common enemy of both chaos and order. In fact, whether one believed in chaos or order, if someone wanted him or her to feel the true essence of death, it would certainly not be appreciated, whether it was the paladins or the cultists.

Not to mention that the doctrine of the Council of Death received hatred from everyone. On one side, they preached ‘the Goddess of Order will eventually fall’, and on another, they said, ‘the twilight of chaos’ doomsday is coming.’ It was offensive to both parties.

What’s more, there were only undead creatures in this organization. All undead creatures on the entire mainland were concentrated here. Let alone the lich, even the giant bone dragons and the grim reapers were also among them. This was why both sides of order and chaos in this world hated the Council of Death but they didn’t dare to make a move on them. The opposite side was really too strong. If they couldn’t get the job done right, they would have to pay dearly.

Besides, the most terrifying aspect of the Council of Death was that they were extremely good at ‘persuasion and education’. There have been many famed heroes in history who tried to eliminate these undead madmen living in the shadows, but unfortunately, all of their endings weren’t any different. They set off with zeal and fervor and then, they went missing. But when they finally appeared before everyone, they had already become the slaves of the undead.

Duke of Bones, Frank was one of the five council members of the Council of Death. He was in charge of the realm of death and ranked second only to the head of Council of Death; it could be said that he was below one and above millions. Even though Shidon had reckoned that it would be pretty hard to deal with this lich, he hadn’t expected that it to be so tricky. 

This is going to be hard! 

Fang Zheng frowned, gazing at the lich floating before him.

He was sure that Shidon’s previous plan was now useless.